Melting furnace



March 26, 1935. 5. SCHWAB 1,996,012

MELTING FURNACE Filed Sept. 24, 1931 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR /W ATTORNEY March 26, 1935. a SCHWAB 1,996,012

MELTING FURNACE Filed Sept. 24, 1931 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 ATTORNEY March 26, 1935. G. SCHWAB 1,996,012

I MELTING FURNACE Filed Sept. 24, 1931 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 7/ l0 50 9 ll 9 WW E INVENTOR 61/5741 Sc/nmfi A ITORNEYS Patented Mar. 26, 1935 mums Finns;ion

Gustav,gSchwab,fTownley-Elizabeth, N. -J., as-" a si'gnor 'of one-third to Albert C. 'Nolte,; New

York, 3;.

Application September 24, ma ma he; 5645955" j eol im x (01.263-11) This invention relates to melting-ofurnaceslfor metals, and has for its primaryobject .to-=con=,

trive a furnace in which the metal maybe quickly brought'to the desired temperature, and which 5 may, itself, be heated to operating temperature qui y. Y e o i :It is a further object oftheinvention,to-provide a furnace adapted tofdischarge the molten metal continuously and at a substantially uni-.

form, predetermined rate, together with means controlled by the metal, itself; for:- feeding fresh material to the melting pot of the furnace atqa corresponding rate. 1 y

It is a furtherobject of the inventiontoprovide automatic means controlled by the'temperature of the metal for regulating the furnace heater so that the charge flowing through the furnace con-1 tinuously will be heated vigorously; enough to assure its reaching the desireditemperature, but will not be heated above such temperature. 1 5 It is a further objectof the invention to prog vid a meliingipot of sma a it st on construction,.-and of a shapetoexpose ,a-large surface to the heating meansinproportion to the volumeof metal tobe heated. '-V; r It is a feature of the inventionthatthe combustion gases which heat the furnace --aredischarged through a flue for delivering metal to the melting pot, so that the exhaust gases preheat the me t Other objects a p In the drawings fication: v r 1 Figure 1 is a view in side elevation illustrating and} advantages: will hereinafter forming part of this speci one embodiment of the invention; I v

Figure 2 is'a sectional, side elevation of a 'machinegenerally like that of Figure Lbutdiifering in some respects from it; 1

Y Figure 311s a'plan view of the melting illustrated in Figure 2; a d

pot as Figure 4 is e an end elevation Since the machines of Figure -1 and of'Figures 2 to 4 are alike inmost'respects, the features common to them will be first described-and the de tails in which the Figure lmachine differs from the Figure 2 machine will be thereafterj'poi nted out,

The-machine comprises a fixed base l carrying standards 2 on which the furnace 3- is-pivotally supported; The furnace comprises anouter me;- tallic casing 4, aninsulating lining 5, andarefractory lining 6. A melting pot? issupported within the furnace upon flanged brackets 8 and .9, As seen best in Figure 4, themelting pot; of

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substantial width atlits top a nd tapers, toward I the bottom-when, viewed frontelevation viewed in side elevation, the meltingpot-iswide at h t m ut he lower w lflt e o i u v or arched ,and approaches the :wall, 11; until it is veryclose to it. ,fIhroughoutthe-lowerportion of V the melting pot-the walls -10 and 11 stand close to e h ruan in ubs a t a pa alle relati he w l lin s a d s ar co u 2o we d d to its; outer--face,-. and a port 13; near thebottom of he m nspotom the conduit ;:DIO i ommunica n c tw o ilth elt n o and the conduit. At the upper endof the conduit 12 provis on is a o -:a; i out %:wh,ose

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downwardiinto:contactwith the'jsnrfalce .zeortne molten, .metalin't e me ing pot." Fr mthel ur:

we th ases, P i'oiho fl ol L o i pr hea i the incomingfchargesfl It -isl'intended that he metal shall be supplied tothe melting pot as fast as the' pouring'i pout '14: is capable'of discharging it when 0peratin8" continuously. If the metalweredelivered at a' faster rate r for any substantial: time, the melt ing 'po't would becausedzt'o' overflow; In order a to prevent an accident of this charactenprovision is made of a motor 26 whichirthrougnfredug tion gearing, drives: a shaft 2'7-on' which the -sep-; mtor i d a e tastn z rov s o i made of a s oontrol bri t e, xlov lq o the I l n motolq o re ula n ho onoi i io the motor- 26. Suchautomaticneans; comprises a charge of the molten material, in contact with said straight wall, said riser conduit communicating with the bottom of the melting pot and having an outlet at the upper end thereof located not substantially above the arched portion of said arched wall. y

2 In a melting furnace, a melting pot of substantial width at the "mouth but greatly restricted in cross section to form a flattened passage in the lower portion thereof, a discharge conduit communicating with the pot at the lower end thereof and extending upward along a wall of the melt-V ing pot, and a discharge spout at the upper end of the conduit having'substantially the same flow capacity as the conduit.

3. A melting furnace as set forth in claim 2, in which provision is made of a chamber having a burner therein, and battle means for causing the combustion gases to pass downward along one f tently to the melting pot. Y

combination, a

heatingchamber, a melting pot therein, a burner in the heating chamber, a flue for conducting melting pot, a heating chamber for"'supplying heat-to the melting pot, a heater therein, a conduit extending upward from the heating chamher and the melting pot for discharging. gases from the heating chamber, the heater being effective to maintain a flow of gases in the conduit away from the melting pot, means for storing charges of material in said conduit, and means for causing the charges to be delivered intermit- 6.111 a melting furnace, in

combustion gases away fromthe heating chamher, said flue communicating with'the surface of said melting pot, the heater being efiective to maintain a flow of gases in said flue away from the melting pot, means for storing charges in said flue and in contact with the gases of combustion flowing insaid flue to cause preheating of said charges, said flue having an opening remote from. the melting pot, wherebyadditional charges maybe placed into said storing means without exposing the contents of the melting pot to the atmosphere. 7 a

I GUSTAV SCHWAB. 

